Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in the second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia today. At the end of the third day yesterday, Sri Lanka was ahead by only 54 runs with only 2 wickets in hand. Today, all out for 231 runs, Australia was set a target of 75 runs. The visiting Australian team managed to achieve that score with the loss of one wicket.
Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 257 runs. Dinesh Chandimal 74. Kusal Mendis 85. Mitchell Starc 3 for 37.
Australia first innings 414. Steve Smith 131, Alex Carey 156. Prabhat Jayasuriya 5 for 151.
Sri Lanka were 211 for 8 at the end of the second innings and all out today for 251. Angelo Mathews 76. Kusal Mendis 50. Nathan Lyon 4 for 84.
Australia second innings 75 for 1. Usman Khawaja 27 not out, Manus Labuschagne 26 not out. Prabhat Jayasuriya 20 to 1.
Thus, Australia continued to retain the Warne-Murali Trophy by winning the series 2-0. This match was the final Test match for Sri Lankan cricketer Dimuth Karunaratne, who played 100 Test matches for Sri Lanka.